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Help!!! - High speed/ fast trigger response setup
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Ian_Gere
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It was very nice until the last time i rebuilt it and it got jammed on semi-auto only. For the life of me i couldn't work out what the problem was and she's been sat in a crate dismantled for a couple of months now! I just haven't got round to sorting her out - other projects have taken up what time my illhealth has left me available for tinkering...
My primary reason for doing it the way i did was to use high voltage to get fast trigger response, particularly in the initial milliseconds after trigger pull, but I didn't want a really high ROF, because it's just a waste of BB's and, unless you do go for the 30+ per second builds which are genuinely intimidating to face, you don't actually get any advantage in game. I'm not sure that the intimidation factor is worth the hassle of constantly breaking down/wearing out parts...
Of course a heavier piston and piston head affect trigger response too, in as much as more weight = more inertia to overcome when the motor begins to turn, but in the first few milliseconds the motor draws a lot more current than during the rest of the cycle anyway and it is this, the ability of the electrical system to deliver current quickly, which is the primary limiting factor, regardless of the weight of the piston+head. This is why I also choose Turnigy Nano Tech batteries, since their sustained current delivery is 25C but their burst output is 50C.
I'm about to do a similar thing to an RPK which is due to arrive tomorrow, but this time i am going to use a BW3 MOSFET and modify the gearbox for a pretty fast cycle rate, but then program the MOSFET to make the ROF similar to the real steel. It also can be programmed to pre-cock, for instant trigger response. The reason i still want a fast cycle rate, even though that will no longer be necessary for fast trigger response, is because the way the BW3 changes the ROF is to introduce a timed delay between the shots when full-auto is selected, so it's like a series of semi-auto shots fired very quickly one after another. Apparently it sounds really cool: stuttery like real steel rather than like a sewing machine :lol:
My primary reason for doing it the way i did was to use high voltage to get fast trigger response, particularly in the initial milliseconds after trigger pull, but I didn't want a really high ROF, because it's just a waste of BB's and, unless you do go for the 30+ per second builds which are genuinely intimidating to face, you don't actually get any advantage in game. I'm not sure that the intimidation factor is worth the hassle of constantly breaking down/wearing out parts...
Of course a heavier piston and piston head affect trigger response too, in as much as more weight = more inertia to overcome when the motor begins to turn, but in the first few milliseconds the motor draws a lot more current than during the rest of the cycle anyway and it is this, the ability of the electrical system to deliver current quickly, which is the primary limiting factor, regardless of the weight of the piston+head. This is why I also choose Turnigy Nano Tech batteries, since their sustained current delivery is 25C but their burst output is 50C.
I'm about to do a similar thing to an RPK which is due to arrive tomorrow, but this time i am going to use a BW3 MOSFET and modify the gearbox for a pretty fast cycle rate, but then program the MOSFET to make the ROF similar to the real steel. It also can be programmed to pre-cock, for instant trigger response. The reason i still want a fast cycle rate, even though that will no longer be necessary for fast trigger response, is because the way the BW3 changes the ROF is to introduce a timed delay between the shots when full-auto is selected, so it's like a series of semi-auto shots fired very quickly one after another. Apparently it sounds really cool: stuttery like real steel rather than like a sewing machine :lol:
